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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Film Data For 1952

The Film Daily- 1952's 10 Best Pictures
1) High Noon- 262 votes
2) The Quiet Man- 215
3) The Greatest Show on Earth- 203
4) The African Queen (1951)- 201
5) Ivanhoe- 155
6) Come Back, Little Sheba- 119
7) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)- 98
8) Singin' in the Rain- 84
9) With a Song in My Heart- 81
10) Five Fingers- 72
The Honor Roll
11) David and Bathsheba (1951)- 65
      The River (1951)- 65
      Stars and Stripes Forever- 65
14) Breaking the Sound Barrier- 62
      The Man in the White Suit (1951)- 62
16) The Thief- 50
17) Decision Before Dawn (1951)- 49
18) The Happy Time- 47
      Limelight- 47
      The Member of the Wedding- 47
      The Story of Will Rogers- 47
22) My Six Convicts- 46
23) Carrie- 45
      Viva Zapata- 45
25) The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima- 41
      Pat and Mike- 41
     Scaramouche- 41
28) Plymouth Adventure- 40
29) Cry, the Beloved Country- 37
30) O. Henry's Full House- 34
31) Because of You- 29
     Room for One More- 29
33) The Prisoner of Zenda- 28
34) Bend of the River- 27
35) Where's Charley- 26
36) Walk East on Beacon- 24
37) Encore- 22
38) Million Dollar Mermaid- 21
      The Road to Bali- 21
      The Snows of Kilimanjaro- 21
41) We're Not Married- 20
      The World in His Arms- 20
43) Carbine Williams- 19
     Outcast of the Islands- 19
45) The Marrying Kind- 18
      The Merry Widow- 18
      Sudden Fear- 18
48) I'll See You in My Dreams- 17
49) Dreamboat- 16
      The Promoter- 16
51) The Iron Mistress- 14
52) Just for You- 13
      Monkey Business-13
      Son of Paleface- 13
55) Ivory Hunter- 11
56) Paula-10
The Film Daily- "Filmdom's Famous Fives"

No vote count is given for the following categories, but I believe The Film Daily lists them in the order of preference:

Best Performances By Male Stars
1) Gary Cooper in High Noon
2) Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951)
3) Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata
4) Ray Milland in The Thief
5) John Wayne in The Quiet Man

Best Performances By Female Stars
1) Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba
2) Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)
3) Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart
4) Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear
5) Betty Hutton in The Greatest Show on Earth

Best Performances By Supporting Actors
1) Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man
2) Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata
3) Eddie Albert in Carrie
4) Kurt Kasznar in The Happy Time
5) Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts

Best Performances By Supporting Actresses
1) Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba
2) Miriam Hopkins in Carrie
3) Gloria Grahame in Sudden Fear
4) Ethel Barrymore in Just for You
5) Elsa Lancaster in Dreamboat

Best Performances By Juvenile Actors
1) Bobby Driscoll in The Happy Time
2) Brandon de Wilde in The Member of the Wedding
3) George Winslow in My Pal Gus
4) Johnny Stewart in Boots Malone
5) Lee Aaker in The Atomic City

Best Performances By Juvenile Actresses
1) Gigi Perreau in Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
2) Angela Clark in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
3) Susan Whitney in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
4) Donna Corcoran in Million Dollar Mermaid
5) Marlene Cameron in The Happy Time

The Year's Outstanding Directors
1) Fred Zinnemann for High Noon
2) John Ford for The Quiet Man
3) Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show on Earth
4) John Huston for The African Queen (1951)
5) Richard Thorpe for Ivanhoe

The Year's Outstanding Directors of Photography
1) Winton C. Hoch for The Quiet Man
2) George Barnes for The Greatest Show on Earth
3) Claude Renoir for The River (1951)
4) Floyd Crosby for High Noon
5) F. A. Young for Ivanhoe

Outstanding "Finds" of the Year
1) Claire Bloom in Limelight
2) Charlton Heston in The Greatest Show on Earth
3) Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba
4) Rita Gam in The Thief
5) Marilyn Monroe in Monkey Business, Don't Bother to Knock and We're Not Married

The National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 29th, 1952)

The Top Ten Pictures
(in order of preference)
1) The Quiet Man
2) High Noon
3) Limelight
4) Five Fingers
5) The Snows of Kilimanjaro
6) The Thief
7) The Bad and the Beautiful
8) Singin' in the Rain
9) Above and Beyond
10) My Son John

Best Director
David Lean for Breaking the Sound Barrier

Best Actor
Ralph Richardson in Breaking the Sound Barrier

Best Actress
Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba
                                  
The New York Film Critics (Winners announced December 29, 1952. Awards presented on January 17, 1953). Source for voting data comes from the December 30, 1952 edition of The Hollywood Reporter.

Best Picture

High Noon (received 10 votes on ballot VI)
Runner-up: The African Queen (1951) (5 votes)
3rd Place: Breaking the Sound Barrier (1 vote)

The following films received one or more votes on the first and second ballots:
Breaking the Sound Barrier, Come Back, Little Sheba, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Man in the White Suit, and The Quiet Man.

Best Director
Fred Zinnemann for High Noon (10 votes on ballot II)
Runner-up: John Huston for The African Queen (2 votes)
3rd Place: Charlie Chaplin for Limelight (1 vote)
                   David Lean for Breaking the Sound Barrier (1 vote)
                   Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show on Earth (1 vote)

On the first ballot, William Wyler (for Carrie) and Alex McKendrick (for The Man in the White Suit) each received one vote.

Best Actor
Ralph Richardson in Breaking The Sound Barrier (10 votes on ballot V)
Runner-up: Charlie Chaplin in Limelight (5 votes)

Ballot I:  Chaplin (5 votes), Richardson (2 votes), Gary Cooper in High Noon (2 votes), Alec Guinness in The Man in the White Suit and The Promoter (2 votes), Laurence Oliver in Carrie (2 votes), Barry Fitzgerald in The Quiet Man (1 vote), and Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts (1 vote).

Best Actress
Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba (12 votes on ballot I)
Runner-up: Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (3 votes)

Best Foreign Film
Forbidden Games (received 8 votes final ballot VI)
Runner-up: White Line (6 votes)

On the first ballot, Two Cents Worth of Hope received one vote.

The Golden Globes (Nominations announced on February 4, 1952. Awards presented on February 26, 1952. Data taken from Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001). (Winners in bold print).

Best Drama

Come Back, Little Sheba
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Happy Time
High Noon
The Thief

Best Comedy or Musical
Hans Christian Anderson
I'll See You in My Dreams
Singin' in the Rain
Stars and Stripes Forever
With a Song in My Heart  
Best Picture Promoting International Understanding
Anything Can Happen

Assignment in Paris
Ivanhoe

Best Director
Cecil B. DeMille for The Greatest Show on Earth
Richard Fleischer for The Narrow Margin
John Ford for The Quiet Man

Best Actor, Drama
Charles Boyer in The Happy Time
Gary Cooper in High Noon
Ray Milland in The Thief

Best Actress, Drama
Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba
Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear
Olivia de Havilland in My Cousin Rachel
                                        
Best Actor, Comedy or Musical
Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain
Danny Kaye in Hans Christian Andersen
Clifton Webb in Dreamboat

Best Actress, Comedy or Musical
Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart
Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike
Ginger Rogers in Monkey Business
Best Supporting Actor
Kurt Kasznar in The Happy Time
Millard Mitchell in My Six Convicts
Gilbert Roland in The Bad and the Beautiful

Best Supporting Actress
Mildred Dunnock in Viva Zapata!
Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful
Katy Jurado in High Noon
                                     
Best Screenplay
Carl Foreman for High Noon
Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene for The Thief
Michael Wilson for Five Fingers

Best Original Score
Dimitri Tiomkin for High Noon

Best Cinematography, Black and White
Floyd Crosby for High Noon

Best Cinematography, Color
George Barnes and Peverell Marley for The Greatest Show on Earth

Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Richard Burton in My Cousin Rachel

Most Promising Newcomer- Female
Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge

World Film Favorites
Susan Hayward
John Wayne

Special Achievement Awards
Brandon de Wilde in The Member of the Wedding (Best Juvenile)
Francis Kee Teller in Navajo (Best Juvenile)
                      
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (Source: "The BAFTA Film Awards" 1989, edited by Bo Smith). (Winners in bold print). 
The African Queen
 (U.S.- 1951)
Angels One Five (Great Britain)  
The Boy Kumasenu (The Gold Coast)
Carrie (U.S)
Casque d'Or (France)
Cry, the Beloved Country (G.B.)
Death of a Salesman (U.S.- 1951)
Limelight (U.S.)
Los Olvidados (Mexico)
Mandy (G.B.)
Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan- Italy)
An Outcast of the Islands (G.B.)
Rashomon (Japan)
The River (G.B.)
Singin' in the Rain (U.S.)
Breaking the Sound Barrier (G.B.)- won both awards
A Streetcar Named Desire (U.S- 1951)
Viva Zapata! (U.S.)

Best British Actor
Jack Hawkins in Mandy
James Hayter in The Pickwick Papers
Laurence Olivier in Carrie
Nigel Patrick in Breaking the Sound Barrier
Ralph Richardson in Breaking the Sound Barrier
Alastair Sim in Folly to be Wise

Best British Actress
Phyllis Calvert in Mandy
Celia Johnson in I Believe in You
Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Ann Todd in Breaking the Sound Barrier

Best Foreign Actor
Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen (1951)
Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata!
Pierre Fresnay in Dieu a Besoin des Hommes
Francesco Golisano in Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan)

Best Foreign Actress
Edwige Feuillere in Olivia
Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen
Judy Holliday in The Marrying Kind
Simone Signoret in Casque d'Or
Nicole Stephane in The Strange Ones (Les Enfants Terribles)

Most Promising Newcomer
Dorothy Alison in Mandy
Claire Bloom in Limelight
Mandy Miller in Mandy
Dorothy Tutin in The Importance of Being Earnest

Best Documentary
Fishermen of Negombo (Ceylon)
Highlights of Farnborough 1952 (G.B.)
Journey into History (G.B.)
Le Mans 1952 (G.B.)
Nature's Half Acre (U.S.)
Ocean Terminal (G.B.)
The Open Window (Brussels Treaty Power)
Opera School (Canada)
Rig 20 (G.B.)
Royal Journey (Canada)
The Streamlined Pig (Denmark)

Special Award
The Angry Boy (U.S.)
Animated Genius (G.B.)
Balance 1950 (G.B.)
Basic Principles of Lubrication (G.B.)
The Carlsen Story (G.B.)
Demonstrations of Perception (U.S.)
Machining of Metals (G.B.)
The Moon (G.B.)
Organisation of the Human Body
 (G.B.)
A Phantasy (Canada)
The Stanlow Story (G.B.)
To the Rescue (G.B.)

United Nations Award
Cry, the Beloved Country (G.B.)
Los Olvidados (Mexico)
Neighbours (Canada)
   
The Academy Awards (Nominees announced on February 9, 1953. Awards presented on March 19, 1953. Source for data- Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar, 1984).

Best Picture

The Greatest Show on Earth, DeMille, Paramount. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille.
High Noon, Kramer, UA. Produced by Stanley Kramer.
Ivanhoe, MGM. Produced by Pandro S. Berman.
Moulin Rouge, Romulus, UA. Produced by John Huston.
The Quiet Man, Argosy, Republic. Produced by John Ford and Merian C. Cooper.

Best Director
Cecil. DeMille for The Greatest Show on Earth (DeMille, Paramount). 
John Ford for The Quiet Man (Argosy, Republic).
John Huston for Moulin Rouge (Romulus, UA).
John L. Mankiewicz for Five Fingers (20th Century-Fox).
Fred Zinnemann for High Noon (Stanley Kramer, UA).

Best Actor
Marlon Brando in Viva Zapata! (20th Century-Fox).
Gary Cooper in High Noon (Kramer, UA).
Kirk Douglas in The Bad and the Beautiful (MGM).
Jose Ferrer in Moulin Rouge (Romulus, UA).
Alec Guinness in The Lavender Hill Mob (Rank-Ealing, U-I) (British).

Best Actress
Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba (Wallis, Paramount).
Joan Crawford in Sudden Fear (Kaufman, RKO Radio).
Bette Davis in The Star (Friedlob, 20th Century-Fox).
Julie Harris in The Member of the Wedding (Kramer, Columbia).
Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (20th Century-Fox).

Best Supporting Actor
 Richard Burton in My Cousin Rachel (20th Century-Fox).
Arthur Hunnicutt in The Big Sky (Winchester, RKO Radio).
Victor McLaglen in The Quiet Man (Argosy, Republic).
Jack Palance in Sudden Fear (Kaufman, RKO Radio).
Anthony Quinn in Viva Zapata! (20th Century-Fox).

Best Supporting Actress
Gloria Grahame in The Bad and the Beautiful (MGM).
Jean Hagen in Singin' in The Rain (MGM).
Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge (Romulus, UA).
Terry Moore in Come Back, Little Sheba (Wallis, Paramount).
Thelma Ritter in With a Song in My Heart (20th Century-Fox).

Best Motion Picture Story
The Greatest Show on Earth, DeMille, Paramount. Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John and Frank Cavett 
My Son John, Rainbow, Paramount. Leo McCarey.
The Narrow Margin, RKO Radio. Martin Goldsmith.
The Pride of St. Louis, 20th Century-Fox. Guy Trooper.
The Sniper, Kramer, Columbia. Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt.
                                                    
Best Screenplay
The Bad and the Beautiful,
MGM. 
Charles Schnee.
Five Fingers, 20th Century-Fox. Michael Wilson.
High Noon, Kramer UA. Carl Foreman.
The Man in the White Suit, Rank-Ealing, U-I (British). Roger MacDougall, John Dighton and Alexander MacKendrick.
The Quiet Man, Argosy, Republic. Frank S. Nugent.

Best Story and Screenplay
The Atomic City, Paramount. Sydney Boehm.
Breaking the Sound Barrier, London Films, UA (British). Terence Rattigan 
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)Rank-Ealing, U-I (British). T.E.B. Clarke.
Pat and Mike, MGM. Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox. John Steinbeck.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
The Bad and the Beautiful, MGM. Robert Surtees.
The Big Sky, Winchester, RKO Radio. Russell Harlan.
My Cousin Rachel, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph LaShelle.
Navajo, Barlett-Foster, Lippert. Virgil E. Miller.
Sudden Fear, Kaufman, RKO Radio. Charles B. Lang, Jr. 

Best Cinematography (Color)
Hans Christian Andersen, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Harry Stradling.
Ivanhoe, MGM. F.A. Young.
Million Dollar Mermaid, MGM. George J. Folsey .
The Quiet Man, Argosy, Republic. Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Black-and-White)
The Bad and the Beautiful, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Edward Carfagno; Edwin B. Willis and Keogh Gleason.
Carrie, Paramount. Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson; Emile Kuri.
My Cousin Rachel, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and John DeCuir; Walter M. Scott. 
Rashomon, RKO Radio (Japanese). Matsuyama H. Motsumoto.
Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Thomas Little and Claude Carpenter. 
                                                         
Best Art Direction-Set Direction (Color)
Hans Christian Andersen, 
Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Richard Day and Clave; Howard Bristol.
The Merry Widow, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis and Arthur Krams.
Moulin Rouge, Romulus, UA. Paul Sheriff; Marcel Vertes.
The Quiet Man, Argosy, Republic. Frank Hotaling; John McCarthy, Jr. and Charles Thompson. 
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and John Decuir; Thomas Little and Paul S. Fox.

Best Sound Recording
Breaking the Sound Barrier, London Films, UA (British). London Film Sound Department.
Hans Christian Andersen, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Goldwyn Sound Department; Gordon Sawyer, sound director.
The Promoter, Rank-Neame, U-I (British). Pinewood Studios Sound Department.
The Quiet Man, Argosy, Republic. Republic Sound Department; Daniel J. Bloomberg, sound director.
With a Song in My Heart, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Sound Department; Thomas T. Moulton, sound director.

Best Song
"Am I in Love" (Son of Paleface, Paramount); Music and Lyrics by Jack Brooks.
"Because You're Mine" (Because You're Mine, MGM); Music by Nicholas Brodszky. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.
"High Noon" (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" (High Noon, Kramer, UA); Music by Dimitri Tiomkin. Lyrics by Ned Washington.
"Thumbelina" (Hans Christian Andersen, Goldyn, RKO Radio); Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser.
"Zing a Little Zong" (Just for You, Paramount); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Leo Robin.

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
High Noon, Kramer, UA. Dimitri Tiomkin.
Ivanhoe, MGM. Milkos Rozsa.
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, Foy, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.
The Thief, Popkin, UA. Herschel Burke Gilbert.
Viva Zapata!, 20th Century-Fox. Alex North.
                                    
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
Hans Christian Andersen, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Walter Scharf.
The Jazz Singer, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner.
The Medium, Transfilm-Lopert (Italian). Gian-Carlo Menotti.
Singin' in the Rain, MGM. Lennie Hayton.
With a Song in My Heart, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Best Film Editing
Come Back, Little Sheba, Wallis, Paramount. Warren Low.
Flat Top, Monogram. William Austin.
The Greatest Show on Earth, DeMille, Paramount. Anne Bauchens.
High Noon, Kramer, UA. Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad.
Moulin Rouge, Romulus, UA. Ralph Kemplen.

Best Costume Design (Black-and-White)
Affair in Trinidad, Beckworth, Columbia. Jean Louis.
The Bad and the Beautiful, MGM. Helen Rose.
Carrie, Paramount. Edith Head.
My Cousin Rachel, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire and Dorothy Jenkins.
Sudden Fear, Kaufman, RKO Radio. Shelia O'Brien.

Best Costume Design (Color)
The Greatest Show on Earth, DeMille, Paramount. Edith Head, Dorothy Jenkins and Miles White.
Hans Christian Andersen, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Clave, Mary Willis and Madame Karinska.
The Merry Widow, MGM. Helen rose and Gile Steele.
Moulin Rouge, Romulus, UA. Marcel Vertes.
With a Song in My Heart, 20th Century-Fox. Charles LeMaire.
 
Best Special Effects
Plymouth Adventure, MGM.

Best Short Subject Cartoon
Johann Mouse, MGM (Tom & Jerry), Fred Quimby, producer.
Little Johnny Jet, MGM (MGM Series), Fred Quimby, producer.
Madeline, UPA, Columbia (Jolly Frolics), Stephen Bosustow, executive producer.
Pink and Blue Blues, UPA, Columbia (Mister Magoo), Stephen Bosustow, executive producer.
Romance of Transportation, National Film Board of Canada (Canadian). Tom Daly, producer.

Best One-Reel Short Subject
Athletes of the Saddle, Paramount (Sportslights Series). Jack Eaton, producer.
Desert Killer, Warner Bros. (Sports Parade). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Light in the Window, Art Films Prods., 20th Century-Fox (Art Series). Boris Vermont, producer.
Neighbours, National Film Board of Canada, Mayer-Kingley, Inc. (Canadian). Norman McLaren, producer.
Royal Scotland, Crown Film Unit, British Information Services (British).

Best Two-Reel Short Subject
Bridge of Time, London Film Prod., British Information Services (British).
Devil Take Us, Theatre of Life Prod. Herbert Morgan, producer.
Thar She Blows!, Warner Bros. (Technicolor Special). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.
Water Birds, Disney, RKO Radio (True-Life Adventures). Walt Disney, producer.

Best Documentary Short Subject
Devil Take Us, Theatre of Life Prod. Herbert Morgan, producer.
The Garden Spider (Epeira Diadema), Cristallo Films, I.F.E.
Man Alive!, UPA for the American Cancer Society. Stephen Bosustow, producer.
Neighbours, National Film Board of Canada, Mayer-Kingley, Inc. (Canadian). Norman McLaren, producer.
Best Documentary Feature
The Hoaxters, MGM. Dore Schary, producer.
Navajo, Bartlett-Foster Prod., Lippert Pictures, Inc. Hall Bartlett, producer.
The Sea Around Us, RKO Radio. Irwin Allen, producer.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Cecil B. DeMille.

Honorary Awards
George Alfred Mitchell for the design and development of the camera which bears his name and for his  continued and dominant presence in the film of cinematography (statuette).

Joseph M. Schenck for long and distinguished service to the motion picture industry (statuette).

Merian C. Cooper for his many innovations and contributions to the art of motion pictures (statuette).

Harold Lloyd, master comedian and good citizen (statuette).

Bob Hope for his contribution to the laughter of the world, his service to the motion picture industry, and his devotion to the American premise (statuette).

Forbidden Games (French)- Best Foreign Language Film first released in the United States during 1952 (statuette).

Scientific or Technical
Class I (Statuette)
Eastman Kodak Co. for the introduction of Eastman color negative and Eastman color print film.

Ansco Division, General Aniline and Film Corp., for the introduction of Ansco color negative and Ansco color print film.

Class II (Plaque)
Technicolor Motion Picture Corp. for an improved method of color motion picture photography under incandescent light.

Class III (Citation)
Projection, Still Photographic and Development Engineering Departments of MGM Studio for an improved method of projecting photographic backgrounds.

John G. Frayne and R.R. Scoville and Westrex Corp. for a method of measuring distortion in sound reproduction.

Gustav Jirouch for the design of the Robot automatic film splicer.

Carlos Rivas of MGM Studio for the development of a sound reproducer for magnetic film.

Screen Directors Guild of America (Award for Best Director presented February 1, 1953, at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards)

Best Director
John Ford, The Quiet Man

Quarterly Winners for Best Director:
Charles Crichton, The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
John Ford, The Quiet Man
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Five Fingers
Fred Zinnemann, High Noon 

Other directors mentioned:
George Cukor, Pat and Mike
Michael Curtiz, I'll See You in My Dreams
Cecil B. DeMille, The Greatest Show on Earth
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly, Singin' in the Rain
Hugo Fregonese, My Six Convicts
Howard Hawks, The Big Sky
Elia Kazan, Viva Zapata!
Henry King, The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon (1950)
Albert Lewin, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Vincente Minnelli, The Bad and the Beautiful
George Sidney, Scaramouche
Richard Thorpe, Ivanhoe
Charles Vidor, Hans Christian Andersen

Screen Writers Guild of America (Awards were presented on February 25, 1953, at the Hollywood Palladium. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards) (Winners in bold print)

Best Written Drama
The Bad and the Beautiful, Charles Schnee, based on the short stories "Memorial to a Bad Man" and "Of Good and Evil" by George Bradshaw.
Come Back, Little Sheba, Ketti Frings, based on the play by William Inge.
Five Fingers, Michael Wilson, based on the book Operation Cicero by L.C. Moyzisch.
High Noon, Carl Foreman, based on the magazine story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham.
Moulin Rouge, Anthony Veiller, John Huston, based on the novel by Pierre LaMure.

Best Written Comedy
The Happy Time, Earl Felton, based on the novel by Robert Louis Fontaine and the play by Samuel A. Taylor.
The Marrying Kind, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin.
Pat and Mike, Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin.
The Quiet Man, Frank S. Nugent, based on the short story "Green Rushes" by Maurice Walsh.
Room for One More, Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose.

Best Written Musical
Hans Christian Andersen, Moss Hart, Myles Connolly.
I'll See You in My Dreams, Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson.
Singin' in the Rain, Betty Comden, Adolph Green.
Where's Charley? John Monks, Jr., based on the musical play by George Abbott and Frank Loesser.
With a Song in My Heart, Lamar Trotti.

Laurel Award
Sonya Levien


Berlin Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Audience Awards:
1) She Danced for the Summer (Sweden)
2) Fanfan the Tulip (France)
3) Cry, the Beloved Country (England)

Cannes Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Best Film:
Othello (1951- Orson Welles) and Two Cents Worth of Hope (Renato Castellani, Italy) (tied; awarded ex acquo)

Best Director:
Christian-Jaque, Fanfan la Tulipe

Best Actor:
Marlon Brando, Viva Zapata!

Best Actress:
Lee Grant, Detective Story (1951)

Special Jury Prize:
Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins (Andre Cayatte, France)

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Best Film, Lion of St. Mark:
Forbidden Games (Rene Clement, France)

Best Actor:
Fredric March, Death of a Salesman (1951)

Best Actress:
Not awarded this year

Best Scenario:
Jean Negulesco, Phone Call from a Stranger

Best Music:
George Auric
Best Decor:
Carmen Dillion, The Importance of Being Earnest

Special Jury Prize:
Mandy (England)

International Prizes:
John Ford, The Quiet Man
Roberto Rossellini, Europe 51
K. Mizoguchi, Life of Oharu

Time Magazine's "Ten Best" of 1952 (in chronological order- 12 films listed) (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

The African Queen (1951)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Story of Robin Hood
High Noon
The Strange Ones (1950- France)
Ivanhoe
Flowers of St. Francis
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Forbidden Games  
Come Back, Little Sheba
The Member of the Wedding
Moulin Rouge                 
The New York Times' "Ten Best" of 1952 (in chronological order) (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

The Greatest Show on Earth
Cry, The Beloved Country
Viva Zapata!
Five Fingers
High Noon
Ivanhoe
The Quiet Man
Limelight
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Come Back, Little Sheba


The Top Ten Box Office Stars of 1952 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
2) Gary Cooper
3) John Wayne
4) Bing Crosby
5) Bob Hope
6) James Stewart
7) Doris Day
8) Gregory Peck
9) Susan Hayward
10) Randolph Scott

The Next Fifteen:
11) Abbott & Costello
12) Esther Williams
13) Cary Grant
14) Betty Hutton
15) Jane Wyman
16) Alan Ladd
17) Clark Gable
18) Humphrey Bogart
19) Stewart Granger
20) Betty Grable
21) Red Skelton
22) Jeff Chandler
23) Mario Lanza
24) Burt Lancaster
25) Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride

The Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Marilyn Monroe
2) Debbie Reynolds
3) Marge & Gower Champion
4) Mitzi Gaynor
5) Kim Hunter
6) Rock Hudson
7) Audie Murphy
8) David Wayne
9) Forrest Tucker
10) Danny Thomas

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1952 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) Roy Rogers
2) Gene Autry
3) Rex Allen
4) Bill Elliot
5) Tim Holt
6) Gabby Hayes
7) Smiley Burnette
8) Charles Starrlett
9) Dale Evans
10) William Boyd

Britain's Top Ten British Box-Office Stars of 1952 (according to the Motion Picture Herald's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Ronald Shiner
2) Alastair Sim
3) Alec Guinness
4) Anthony Steel
Jack Hawkins
5) Richard Todd
6) Nigel Patrick
7) Jack Warner
8) Anna Neagle
9) Trevor Howard
10) Glynis Johns

Britain's Top Ten International Box-Office Stars of 1952 (according to the Motion Picture Herald's poll of Britain's film exhibitors)
1) Bob Hope
2) Gregory Peck
3) Betty Hutton
4) Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
5) John Wayne
6) Mario Lanza
7) James Mason
8) James Stewart
9) Doris Day
10) Humphrey Bogart
The Top Box-Office Hits of 1952 (According to Variety, January 7, 1953. Includes actual and estimated domestic rentals to theaters in U.S. and Canada, not box-office takes, which would be higher. If the final first-run rental take for films gaining $4,000,000 or more in rentals varies from the total originally listed in 1953, I'm showing that figure after the 1953 total. Final first-run rentals data comes from Variety's January 9, 1957 "All-Time Top Film Grosses" list (only films taking $4,000,000 or more in rentals were mentioned on the "All-Time" list; unfortunately, I have no data for films with a final gross under $4,000,000 that may have ended up with a higher take than shown below). Occasionally a film will end up on the "All-Time" list with a lower rental box-office take than when the film originally appeared on the yearly list of top box-office films (see Ivanhoe). This is due to the estimated rentals, which were sometimes revised to a lower amount for the All-Time list).

1) The Greatest Show on Earth- $12,000,000 (Final first-run rentals of $12,800,000)
2) Quo Vadis (1951)- $10,500,000
3) Ivanhoe- $7,000,000 (Final first-run rentals of $6,000,000)
4) The Snows of Kilimanjaro- $6,500,000
5) Sailor Beware- $4,300,000
6) The African Queen (1951)- $4,000,000 (Final first-run rentals of $4,100,000)
    Jumping Jacks- $4,000,000
8) High Noon- $3,400,000
     Son of Paleface- $3,400,000
10) Singin' in the Rain- $3,000,000
11) With a Song in My Heart- 3,250,000
12) The Quiet Man- $3,200,000
13) Bend of the River- $3,000,000
      Plymouth Adventure- $3,000,000
      Stars & Stripes Forever- $3,000,000
      The World in His Arms- $3,000,000
17) I'll See You in My Dreams- $2,900,000
      The Iron Mistress- $2,900,000
      Just for You- $2,900,000
20) Distant Drums- $2,850,000

21) Million Dollar Mermaid- $2,750,000
      Room for One More- $2,750,000
      Scaramouche- $2,750,000
      Westward the Women- $2,750,000
25) Affair in Trinidad- $2,700,000
26) The Story of Will Rogers- $2,650,000
27) Big Jim McLain- $2,600,000
      My Favorite Spy- $2,600,000
29) The Crimson Pirate- $2,500,000
      The Kettles at the Fair- $2,500,000
      Lovely to Look At- $2,500,000
      Skirts Ahoy- $2,500,000
     Texas Carnival- $2,500,000
34) Lone Star- $2,400,000
      She's Working Her Way Through College- $2,400,000
      Springfield Rifle- $2,400,000
37) The Merry Widow- $2,3000,000
38) Somebody Loves Me- $2,200,000
39) Pat and Mike- $2,100,000
      Robin Hood- $2,100,000
41) Battle at Apache Pass- $2,000,000
      Belles on Their Toes- $2,000,000
      Bloodhounds of Broadway- $2,000,000
      Dreamboat- $2,000,000
      Francis Goes to West Point- $2,000,000
     Lure of the Wilderness- $2,000,000
     Monkey Business- $2,000,000
     Red Mountain- $2,000,000
     Retreat, Hell- $2,000,000
     We're Not Married- $2,000,000
     What Price Glory- $2,000,000
     The Wild North- $2,000,000
53) Viva Zapata- $1,900,000
54) Carrie- $1,800,000
55) Because You're Mine- $1,750,000
      Carbine Williams- $1,750,000
      Lydia Baily- $1,750,000
58) Carson City- $1,700,000
      The Marrying Kind- $1,700,000
      The Winning Team- $1,700,000

61) The Big Sky- $1,650,000
      Pony Soldier- $1,650,000
     The Pride of St. Louis- $1,650,000
      Sudden Fear- $1,650,000
65) About Face- $1,600,000
      Jack and the Beanstalk- $1,600,000
      One Minute to Zero- $1,600,000
68) Decision Before Dawn- $1,550,000
69) Bugles in the Afternoon- $1,500,000
      Clash By Night- $1,500,000
      Don't Bother to Knock- $1,500,000
      The Flame of Araby- $1,500,000
      I Want You- $1,500,000
      Island of Desire- $1,500,000
      Lost in Alaska- $1,500,000
      The Lusty Men- $1,500,000
     Maru Maru- $1,500,000
     Red Ball Express- $1,500,000
     The Scarlet Angel- $1,500,000
     Untamed Frontier- $1,500,000
     Where's Charley?- $1,500,000
82) Caribbean- $1,400,000
      Diplomatic Courier- $1,400,000
      Way of a Gaucho- $1,400,000
 85) Belle of New York- $1,350,000    
      Five Fingers- $,1,350,000
      Phone Call From a Stranger- $1,350,000
      Walk East on Beacon- $1,350,000
89) Back at the Front- $1,300,000
90) Cimarron Kid- $1,250,000
       Deadline USA- $1,250,000
       Duel at Silver Creek- $1,250,000
       Flaming Feather- $1,250,000
       Kangaroo- $1,250,000
      Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)- $1,250,000
      Red Skies of Montana- $1,250,000
      Son of Ali Baba- $1,250,000
      Tales of Hoffman (1951)- $1,250,000
      Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie- $1,250,000
      Weekend With Father- $1,250,000
101) Death of a Salesman (1951)- $1,200,000
        Las Vegas Story- $1,200,000
103) Denver and the Rio Grande- $1,180,000
104) Hurricane Smith- $1,175,000
105) Man in the Saddle- $1,500,000
106) The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)- $1,500,000
107) Les Miserables- $1,100,000
        Macao- $1,100,000
        My Six Convicts- $1,100,000
        Steel Town- $1,100,000
111) Submarine Command- $1,000,000
        Silver City- $1,000,000
        Callaway Went Thataway- $1,000,000
        The Thief- $1,000,000
        My Pal Gus- $1,000,000
        O. Henry's Full House- $1,000,000
        The River- $1,000,000
        Steel Trap- $1,000,000
        Wild Blue Yonder- $1,000,000
Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Ten Worst:
Jumping Jacks
Snows of Kilimanjaro
Quo Vadis (1951)
Son of Paleface
Million Dollar Mermaid
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Niagara (1953)
Because You're Mine
Affair in Trinidad
The Merry Widow

Worst Male Performance:
Jerry Lewis, Sailor Beware (1951), Jumping Jacks, etc.

Worst Support Male Performance:
Dean Martin, Sailor Beware (1951), Jumping Jacks, etc.

Worst Female Performance:
Marilyn Monroe, Niagara (1953)

Strongest Indictment of Academic Freedom:
Bonzo Goes to College
Most Ill-advised Refilming:
The Merry Widow

Worst Foreign Importation:
Brandy for the Parson

Most Unattractive Connotations:
She's Working Her Way Through College

Most Inspiring Example of American Virility:
Jerry Lewis

Most Embarrassing Infatuation with One's Own Folksiness:
Barry Fitzgerald
Edmund Gwenn

Most Brutally Exploited:
Ernest Hemingway
Sir Walter Scott
Hans Christian Andersen

Most Miscast:
Entire personnel of Plymouth Adventure as New England Puritans

Worst Moment:
Mitzi Gaynor mouthing "In the Sweet By and By" over her grandpappy's grave in Bloodhounds of Broadway

Most Noteworthy Pre-Public Flop:
Tab "Sigh Guy" Hunter

Shrewdest Business Move:
MGM's suspension of Mario Lanza

Strongest Argument for Laxer Divorce Laws:
Marge and Gower Champion in Everything I Have Is Yours

Most Sophisticated Dialogue:
The Thief

The Roscoe Award:
Jerry Lewis, who, by dint of incessant struggle, has unquestionably established himself as The Worst Comedian of All Time

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